Preventive effect of laminar flow bed on hospital infections in patients with leukemia after chemotherapy:A Meta-analysis / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the effect of laminar flow bed in the prevention of hospital infections in patients with leukemia after chemotherapy. Method The Meta-analyses were done on Meta RevMan5.0 by retrieving the domestic databases from January 1999 to January 2014 to look into and compare the hospital infections in leukemic patients using laminar flow beds and common beds, including of the rate of hospital infection, duration of fever, days for antibiotic use, hospital stay. Results A total of 16 papers were included. The Meta analyses showed that the rate of hospital infection in the wards with laminar flow beds was significantly lower than that in the wards with common beds (RR=0.54,95%CI (0.47, 0.62), P<0.01). The fever duration, time for antibiotics use and hospital stay in patients in the wards with laminar flow beds were all significantly shorter than those in the patients in the wards with common beds [WMD=-3.64, 95%CI (-4.83,-2.46);WMD=-4.13, 95%CI (-5.95,-2.32)];WMD=-5.36, 95%CI (-7.52,-3.20);P<0.01,respectively)]. Conclusion Laminar flow beds are effective in preventing hospital infections among acute leukemic patients having undergone chemotherapy.